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Children in poverty are more likely to display:

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- Limited Vocabulary  (Bornstein, Haynes, & Painter, 1998).  

- Curbed learning due to fewer things to play and interact with 

- Acting out behaviors

- Impatience, interrupting and impulsivity (in lower income cultures this is a sign of effective contribution to conversation, this is not true of middle class culture)

- Gaps in politeness

- Inappropriate emotional responses

- Limited range of behavioral responses (you must teach students otherwise)

- Less empathy for others

- This can lead to risky decision making

- Increased hopelessness over time, due to lack of supports in learning in middle class culture

-Passive and uninterested behaviors in regards to school work